Snowfall Causes Chaos On Moscow Ring-Road

Moscow has recently been undergoing some of the heaviest snowfall in 50 years, which has caused widespread disruption on the Moscow ring road. This video is from a driver who spent two minutes recording the huge tailbacks on the ring road, showing how serious the problems were.

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I love road trips in the snow. I always thought they were so relaxing, especially at night, when I lived in Colorado.

linette lee

I love snow.

Paul M

I read in the news today that there was a 120 mile traffic jam on the M10 with some cars being stuck for almost 3 days. They had to set up field kitchens for the motorists.

Funny, I always thought the government workers in Russia were pretty good at dealing with the snow considering back in my home country we get half an inch of snow and everything shuts down. I remember people telling me to stay away from the ‘salt’ that the gritters sprayed out as it would corrode my shoes.

While that’s generally true, friends here reckon that most of those paid to actually do the work are just names on paper, and funds are being embezzled. How much it’s true and how much it’s just Russian cynicism, I’m not sure…

HaakonKL

Russia is just like Norway!
Snowfall? In winter?
How could we have foreseen this?!
––The responsible motherfuckers, every single year.